Thailand in Focus :: ICT minister hopeful country will be Asean digital hub within three years

31/10/2015

THAILAND SHOULD be-come a regional digital hub within three years, says Information and Communi-cations Technology Minister Uttama Savayana.

The government has promoted the "digital economy" policy, which will see state |ICT agencies launching |flagship projects over the |next three months. It wants |the use of technology to increase productivity for all Thai industries and enhance government services to private companies. He made these points at a seminar on the economy, including digital aspects, hosted by the Stock Exchange of Thailand yesterday. He added that the government would support Thai companies and push Thailand to be the digital hub of Aseanto attract content providers, Google and Facebook to set up servers here. He said state ICT agencies would focus on investing| in infrastructure including undersea cables and share them with private companies.
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